Metallic lathing



Patented Jan. 24,1882.

A. KNISELY.

METALLIC LATHING.

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METALLIC LATHING. No. 252,679. Patented Jan. 24,1882.

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METALLIC LATHING.

SPECIFICATION-forming part of Letters Patent No. 252,679, dated January24, 1882.

Application filed October 13, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ABRAHAM KNISELY, residingat Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, and a citizenof the United States, have invented a new and useful Improvement inMetallic Lathing, of which the following is a full description,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 isa vertical cross-section of a per- Io tion of a ceiling, showing two'beams or girders, a furring or angle iron, metallic lathing, and thedevices or means for attaching the lathing and furriug or angle iron;Fig. 2, a horizontal section on line ax of Fig. 1, looking down on thelathing; Fig. 3,atransverse vertical section on line y y of Fig. 1; Fig.4, an enlarged detail, being a side elevation of the girder or beamclamp, receiving or supporting plate, and furring 0r angle iron; Fig.5,a top or plan view of the parts shown in Fig. 4; Fig.

6, an enlarged detail, being an end elevation of one section of thebeam-clamp, the receiving or supporting plate, and tuning or angle iron;Figs. 7 and b, enlarged details, being a side and edge elevation,respectively, of the receiving or supporting plate.

This invention relates to means or devices for attaching the furring orangle irons to which metal lathing is secured to the girders 0 or beams,and the attachment ofthe metal lathing to the turring or angle iron, andhas for its object to secure the furring or angle irons in properposition readily and quickly,

.without any waste of time or labor in adjust- 5 ing, marking, andfitting the same, and to taeh the lath in any effieientand reliablemanner to the turring or angle irons; and its nature consists inproviding a divided clamp to fit the girders or beams, and adapted toreceive the furring or angle irons'and retain the same in position onthe girders or beams; in providing a divided clamp to fit the girders 0rbeams, and a supporting or retaining piece located between the sectionsof the clamp and 5 adapted 'to receive the angle'iron and retainit inposition to be secured tothe girders or beams by the clamp; in providingthe lath-attaching flange of the angleiron with openings for the passageof fastening-wires, and providing fastening-wires passing underthelathingand over the flange of the furring, through the openings inthe furl'iug, to form a continuous binding, by which the lathing issecured in position; and in the several parts and combination of partshereinafter set forth as new.

In the drawings, A represents the girders or beams. B B represent thesections of the clamp; U, the furring or angle iron support; D, thefur-ring or angle iron; E,--the natal lathing; a, the flange of thegirders or beams; b, the clamp-openings to receive flange a; b, thedepending ends for attaching the clampsection together; 0,-the openingin G for the furring or angle iron; 0, the tightening or clamping bolt;(1, the openings in the flange of D for the passage of the wires; 0, thebinding or fastening wires; f, the openings for inserting belts orrivets through the clamp and furring.

The girders or beamsA maybe made of cast-iron or other suitablematerial, as usual, and may be of the form shown, orot' any otherdesired form, with a flange, a, to which the clamp can be attached,which flange may be oi the form shown or other suitable forms Thesections B B, forming the clamp, may be made of malleable iron or othersuitable material that can be cast or Otherwise formed into shape. Asshown, each section has abody or main portion, at one end of Wllltil isadepending lipor end flange, I), having an opening through which a boltor rivet, 0, passes, by meansofwhieh th e'twoseetions,wheninplaeeon thegirder, are held together and in position so as not to slip oryield. Theotherend ot'eaeh section is provided with an upturned ear'or flange ofsuch form as to leave an opening. I), to receive the flange a of thegirder or beam, the shape of the opening I) and of the flangeacorresponding. I

The supporting-plate C may also be made of malleable iron or othersuitable material,

The opening 0 corresponds in shape to the shape of the angle-iron, but,as shown, is somewhat larger than the thickness and width of the iron,in order to allow the plate 0 to slide easily in adjusting the clamp tothe position of the girder or beam, and, as shown, the plate G hasledges or ribs on its side, against which the ends of the ears I) comein contact when the parts are together, and form a hearing whichprevents the plate or the clamp-sections from turning on the bolt orrivet, and causes one part to support the other.

The furring or angle iron D may be of the form shown, or of any othersuitable form, with the flange or portion against which the lathing isin conta t provided with openings for the passage of the binding-wires0. These openings (1 may be of the form shown, with a mouth or openingleading to the edge of the flange, or they may be of any other formadapted to pass the wire alternately over the.

flange and under thelathing, between the opening, to form a continuousbind.

The lathing E maybe of the form shown, or.

the angle-iron a suitable bolt or rivet can bev passed to secure theangle-iron to the clamp.

In use, to attach the fnrring of angle iron to the girders or beams whenthe plate 0 is used, as many of such plates as there are girders orbeams to be attached to are slipped onto tht-angle-iromand theattachmen'tis completed as follows: A plate, 0, with a section of theclamp, is moved on the iron until the desired position is reachedbeneath a girder; then the section of the clamp is slipped onto thatside of the girder, the flange a entering the open-v ing 1); then theother section of the clamp is;

slipped onto the opposite side of the girder in the same manner, and thebolt or rivet 0 illserted and brought to place, locking the beam,sections, and plate together, and securing the same with the angle-ironto the beatn or'girder, andthis operation is repeated for each plateuntil all the plates 0 are attached. By this arrangement it will be seenthat the furring or angle iron can be readily and quickly and easilyplaced and secured in position withoutthe flange between the openings d,in such manner that a binding will be furnished for all the laths, eachwire furnishing the fastenings or bindings for alternate laths, one wirepassing under a lath, thence up through a hole, (I, over the fiange ofthe angle-iron to the next hole d, thence down through that hole.

and under the lath, and then up through a hole d, and over the flangeagain, and so on to the end, and the other wire passing over the flangewhere the first wire passes under the lathing, and under the lathingwhere the first wire passes over the flange from end to end of thet'urring, so as to produce in connection with the first wire acontinuousbinding, by which the lathing will be held securely in place.

By the use of this method of fastening no projecting surfaces are left,as where bolts or rivets are used, producing a better and more uniformsurface to receive the plaster than where bolts or rivets are used, andat the same time the wires can be very easily and readily applied.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is asfollows:

1. A divided clamp consisting of two sections, B B, adapted to receiveand support the furring or angle iron, and to be attached to the girderor beams to furnish a support for metallic lathing, substantially asspecified.

2. A divided clamp consisting of two sections, B B, adapted to beattached to the girders or beams, in combination with a plate orsupport, O, for the t'urring or angleiron, for securing the fnrriug orangle iron in position, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

3. The binding-wires e, in combination with, the i'urring or angle ironD, having openings for the passage of the wire 6, and metallic lathingE, for attaching the lathing to the fnrring or angle iron bywinding thewires under the lathing and over the furring, substantially asspecified.

4.' A divided clamp consisting of two sections, B B, and a plate orsupport, 0, in combination with the furring or angle iron D, havingopenings for the passage of wire, metallic lathing E, and binding-wirese, for securing metallic lathing to girders or beams, substantially asspecified.

B. A. Peron, JAMES A. MILLER.

